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When I made the quinoa cakes with roasted red pepper and walnut pesto, goat cheese and a poached egg it reminded me that I had not done much with quinoa lately and that got me thinking about all of the things that I want to try using quinoa in. A quinoa tabbouleh was pretty high on my list of quinoa dishes to try and it would fit in nicely with a few other recipes as well so I started with that. Tabbouleh is normally made with bulgar but I figured that the texture of quinoa would work well in it. In addition to the bulgar a tabbouleh salads normally consist of tomatoes, cucumbers, parsly and mint and it is dressed up in lemon juice and olive oil. I kept things pretty straight forward with this tabbouleh salad other than swapping the bulgar out for the quinoa and it turned out really well! There is nothing like a light salad filled with fresh herbs and a hit of lemon to push back the gloom of winter!

The quinoa in the salad reminded me of grainy mustard of which I am a big fan of so I made a batch of honey lemon dijon vinaigrette where I used two tablespoons of the grainy mustard and only a teaspoon of the dijon mustard and I used it on half of the tabbouleh salad. This grainy mustard vinaigrette added a really nice tang to the tabbouleh salad and I will definitely be doing it again!

Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad

A light and fresh tabbouleh salad with quinoa, tomatoes, cucumbers and loads of fresh parsley and mint in a bright lemon dressing.

Kevin, I just started reading your blog and am excited to add some of your recipes into my next weekly meal plan. Thank you for taking the time to attack some less than traditional ingredients making them accessible. Also, after reading your Chinese food recipes I finally have the confidence to go to my Asian market and attempt to cook some of my favorite Chinese foods.

I'm going to have to try this since I'm having problems with gluten lately. When I've made Tabouleh in the past I've substituted cilantro for the parsley and lime for the lemon and it's delicious that way too.

danadominata: I was a bit intimidated by new ingredients at first as well but once I started tracking them down I was hooked and now it is always fun finding them! Let me know how the recipes go next week.

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.